Under the Holy Lake

A Memoir of Eastern Bhutan

By Ken Haigh
Categories: Literature & Language Studies, Auto/biography & Memoir, Social Sciences, Travel & Tourism, Education
Series: Wayfarer
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Paperback : 9780888644923, 296 pages, June 2008
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780888646330, 296 pages, March 2010

Description

A child’s face, a forgotten scent, or a distinctive flavour engages memory and inspires longing. Ken Haigh brings us tantalizingly close to his own vision of longing for a place, a people, a time, as he revisits those all-too-fleeting years as a young school teacher in the remote Himalayan village of Khaling, Bhutan. These experiences in an exotic country will leave you yearning for ancient Buddhist temples, winding mountain trails, and a simpler way of life. This memoir will captivate the vicarious traveller in each of us.